Backend Python Engineer
Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p>At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.</p> <p>What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating<em> </em>our wins – big and small.</p> <p>Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, <a href="https://www.anaplan.com/careers/">values</a>-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!</p></div><div><strong>Role Overview</strong><br>We are looking for a <strong>Backend Python Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on development experience</strong> to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs. The ideal candidate should have strong Python fundamentals, experience building production-grade backend applications, and a good understanding of <strong>DevOps, cloud infrastructure, containers, and CI/CD practices</strong>.<br><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></div> <ul> <li>Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend applications using <strong>Python</strong>.</li> <li>Build and maintain <strong>REST APIs</strong> using frameworks such as <strong>FastAPI, Flask, or Django</strong>.</li> <li>Write clean, modular, maintainable, and well-tested production code.</li> <li>Design and optimize database interactions using <strong>PostgreSQL/MySQL</strong> or similar relational databases.</li> <li>Work with asynchronous programming, background jobs, queues, and caching where required.</li> <li>Troubleshoot application performance, API latency, memory, and production issues.</li> <li>Implement authentication, authorization, API security, logging, and error handling.</li> <li>Containerize applications using <strong>Docker</strong>.</li> <li>Work with <strong>CI/CD pipelines</strong> for automated build, testing, and deployment.</li> <li>Deploy and support applications in cloud environments such as <strong>AWS, Azure, OCI, or GCP</strong>.</li> <li>Understand and work with Linux environments, networking, environment configuration, and application monitoring.</li> <li>Collaborate with frontend developers, architects, QA, and DevOps teams.</li> </ul> <div><strong>Required Technical Skills</strong><br><strong>Backend</strong></div> <ul> <li>3+ years of software development experience with strong hands-on <strong>Python</strong> expertise.</li> <li>Strong understanding of <strong>OOP, data structures, exception handling, concurrency, and asynchronous programming</strong>.</li> <li>Hands-on experience with <strong>FastAPI, Flask, or Django</strong>.</li> <li>Strong understanding of <strong>REST API design and development</strong>.</li> <li>Experience with &